f20998 cc10479	Leicestershire v Hampshire
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 20th, 21st, 22nd July 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Hampshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 2 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 12; Hampshire 0
Umpires	D Davies, H Elliott
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 49/3 (Smith 5*, Palmer 8*)
Close of play day 2	Hampshire (2) 37/2 (Horton 13*, Eagar 6*)

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Gray	c Firth b Jackson	29
RE Marshall	b Spencer	0
H Horton	c Hallam b Jackson	43
*EDR Eagar	lbw b Palmer	4
NH Rogers	lbw b Lester	19
HM Barnard	c Hallam b Jackson	26
+L Harrison	c Firth b Jackson	4
PJ Sainsbury	lbw b Palmer	33
D Shackleton	b Spencer	34
VHD Cannings	not out	3
MD Burden	c Smithson b Goodwin	4
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 103 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-72, 3-74, 4-86, 5-127, 6-127, 7-138, 8-182, 9-203, 10-211 (103 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	10	2	32	2	-	-
Goodwin	10	1	29	1	-	-
Jackson	44	28	57	4	-	-
Munden	10	5	16	0	-	-
Palmer	19	12	30	2	-	-
Lester	10	2	35	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Harrison b Cannings	2
MR Hallam	b Shackleton	23
M Tompkin	lbw b Shackleton	11
MJK Smith	lbw b Shackleton	70
*CH Palmer	b Shackleton	13
VE Jackson	lbw b Burden	20
GA Smithson	c Cannings b Burden	50
VS Munden	lbw b Shackleton	11
+J Firth	not out	39
CT Spencer	b Sainsbury	14
TJ Goodwin	b Burden	10
Extras	(6 b, 8 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 136.5 overs)	277
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-35, 3-36, 4-56, 5-120, 6-161, 7-189, 8-222, 9-244, 10-277 (136.5 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shackleton	48	19	78	5	-	-
Cannings	47	20	59	1	-	-
Burden	16.5	2	60	3	-	-
Sainsbury	20	5	58	1	-	-
Gray	5	3	8	0	-	-

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Hampshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Gray	c Firth b Goodwin	6
RE Marshall	c Smith b Spencer	10
H Horton	c Firth b Jackson	23
*EDR Eagar	c Hallam b Jackson	15
NH Rogers	c Spencer b Jackson	37
HM Barnard	c Hallam b Jackson	1
+L Harrison	c Lester b Jackson	30
PJ Sainsbury	not out	38
D Shackleton	st Firth b Lester	11
VHD Cannings	b Lester	0
MD Burden	c Munden b Lester	0
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 100.4 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-27, 3-54, 4-84, 5-96, 6-97, 7-145, 8-167, 9-171, 10-183 (100.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	20	8	31	1	-	-
Goodwin	11	2	23	1	-	-
Jackson	35	19	48	5	-	-
Munden	4	4	0	0	-	-
Palmer	8	5	6	0	-	-
Lester	22.4	7	63	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	run out	0
MR Hallam	c Gray b Shackleton	30
VS Munden	b Cannings	12
M Tompkin	c Shackleton b Cannings	9
*CH Palmer	c Marshall b Cannings	40
MJK Smith	c Sainsbury b Cannings	14
VE Jackson	st Harrison b Shackleton	5
GA Smithson	not out	2
+J Firth	run out	1
CT Spencer	not out	1
TJ Goodwin	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(8 wickets, 23.4 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-21, 3-45, 4-59, 5-113, 6-113, 7-114, 8-115

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shackleton	12	1	44	2	-	-
Cannings	11.4	0	70	4	-	-

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Notes
--> VHD Cannings (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> CT Spencer reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Hampshire first innings
--> MD Burden reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> VHD Cannings reached 650 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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